Using the SPLINE command

- Once again, we're staying in…our 17_CetnerlinesSplines.dwg file,…our 17_CetnerlinesSplines.dwg file,…and what we're going to look at now…is using a spline to represent the topography…is using a spline to represent the topography…around our ground floor plan.…Now quite often contour lines are drawn…using splines in DraftSight.…using splines in DraftSight.…A spline is basically an irregular curve…measured out by control points,…which are normally placed by clicks of the mouse.…

So what we're going to do,…we're going to go to the layers panel here…in the Home tab on the ribbon,…and go to our Layers Manager first of all.…We're going to create a new layer,…and we're going to call it A-TOPO,…and we're going to call it A-TOPO,…TOPO, which stands for topography.…TOPO, which stands for topography.…Press Enter to confirm,…and that will obviously sort it out alphabetically,…so just scroll up,…and as usual there's A-TOPO there.…Now go and change the line color to a green color.…In fact, I might just click that…and go for the default green for now,…

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6/16/2017

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